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bæftan
/bæftan /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Preposition
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
bæftan
, beftan; prep. dat. [be-æftan, q. v.] I. after, behind; post, pone :-- Gang bæftan me vade post me, Mt. Bos. 16, 23. II. behind,without; sine :-- Bæftan ðam hláforde without the master, Ex. 22, 14.
Linked entries (variants, parts of a paradigm or derived forms):
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Possibly connected entries from the Supplement:

bæftan
. Add: I. prep. (1) local :-- Hé hine scét bæftan his bæce Hml. S. 18, 336. Bæftan þǽre healle, 36, 97. Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús forestæpð, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 17. (2) marking inferiority :-- Nis heora nán máre þonne óðer, ne nán lǽssa ðonne óðer; ne nán beforan óðrum ne nán bæftan óðrum, Hml. Th. i. 287, 5. II. adv. (1) behind, (a) in contrast with before (lit. or fig.) :-- Ic geseah þone bæftan þe mé geseah I saw him behind that saw me, Gen. 16, 13. Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle let not any man backbite other, Wlfst.
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